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SELLING ANIMATION ART ISN'T ALWAYS PROFITABLE Circle Gallery, a national chain of stores that once had 3 shops in SF, has filed for chapter 11. They closed their Owl Gallery and Fisherman's Wharf store several months ago, and Herb Caen writes that they will close their store in the Frank Lloyd Wright building on Maiden Lane by the end of the year.
MACROMEDIA INTERNATIONAL USER CONFERENCE EXHIBITION AT MOSCONE CENTER Sept 4 from 9 to 6 and Sept. 5 from 9 to 7.
ACM-SIGRAPH SAN FRANCISCO HAS STARTED AN INFORMATIVE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER The first issue has a review of a recent jobs program they presented, a long article on Phil Tippett, technical articles, reviews of new product, a list of schools with computer arts classes, a job listing column, an art gallery, and more. The first issue is 20 pages long. Membership is $25. from SF ACM SIGgraph, 1201 Park Avenue, Suite 203A, Emeryville, CA 94608 (510) 658-4180.
EDWARD GOREY EXHIBIT COMING TO THE CARTOON ART MUSEUM, SEPT. 18 - JAN. 12, 1997 The museum had a small exhibit of his work a few years ago and he proved to be a very impressive artist. Now, a much larger show that includes paintings, drawings and prints will be shown. It will be the largest Gorey show ever assembled.
Gorey is best known for the animated opening of the Mystery! series on PBS. He received a Tony award for his 1978 costume designs and sets for a revival of Dracula on Broadway. The Cartoon Art Museum, 814 Mission St., SF, 2nd floor.
NEW YORKER CARTOONIST MIKE TWOHY, AND 50 ORIGINAL UNCLE SCROOGE COMIC BOOK PAGES BY DON ROSA AT THE CARTOON ART MUSEUM, SEPT. 18 - JAN 12Rosa has been drawing Uncle Scrooge since 1986, about 20 years after the retirement of Carl Barks who created the character.
The show of Mike Twohy's work for the New Yorker, will feature over 30 original drawings. Twohy is a local artist. The show runs from Sept. 11 - Jan. 12.
The exhibit will feature 50 pen/brush and ink pages. The Cartoon Art Museum, 814 Mission St. SF, 2nd floor.
A CLARIFICATION ABOUT OUR RECENT MENTION OF THE LEARNING CO. When I mentioned there had been cutbacks at the Learning Company and other local media companies, an animator at the Learning Company called and asked that I make it clear the cuts were not in the animation development division. They have added 4 animators to their staff since March and say everything is fine. The cuts were in the production and warehouse divisions of the company.
IT PAYS TO COMPLAIN TO THE ASIFA-SF NEWSLETTER EDITOR We recently ran a complaint about a distributor lowering the prices he was willing to pay for independent animated shorts. A copy of the article was sent to him. He contacted the filmmaker who complained to us and offered him a new price - almost 4 times the original amount offered.